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3L International Summer School on Language Documentation and Description

The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) is proud to host the third 3L International Summer School on Language Documentation and Description, from Monday 5th July to Saturday 17th July 2010.

The 3L Summer School offers 1 and 2 week courses treating various aspects of language documentation and description for future and novice field linguists. Courses cover both practical and typological issues, including but not limited to the following: - Practical training in fieldwork methods - Recording techniques, software for documentation, description and archiving - Grammar writing, the analysis of tone - Endangered Sign Languages - Languages of South America, New Guinea, Indonesia and Africa

More information on the program, fees, registration, accommodation, etc. of the third 3L International Summer School in Leiden will be available soon on http:// www.hrelp.org/3L/leiden2010/.

Please note that the 3L Summer School in 2010 will be followed directly by the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics (for more information on this school, see http://www.hum.leiden.edu/summerschool/).